Posted on 02/27/2009 2:07:46 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
I hope you get the computer back up soon.
I know what a bummer it is to lose the bookmarks too!
best wishes
bookmarked!
Thank you!
Mostly OGRs (Old Garden Roses). The wild one your mother has will either be classified as an OGR or a species. I have a lot of shrub roses and floribundas. A few grandifloras and hybrid teas. I started with the hybrid teas, but learned to love the abundant bloom and the easy care of the OGRs and shrub roses. I have something over 200 bushes. I’m sure hubby can give you an exact number, because (dang him) he counts them. I NEVER count rose bushes.
OGR is a broad classification for many other classes of roses, my favorites are hybrid musks, polyanthas, teas (true teas), noisettes, bourbons and chinas. There are many more, those are just the ones that get me all hot and bothered.
Shrubs are another broad classification for roses that do not fit other categories (very complex geneologies), but are generally prolific and easy care. My absolute favorite in this class are the Bucks bred by Dr. Giffith Buck at ISU. I add 3 or 4 new Buck roses to my garden every year - have done so for the last 4 years.
Some roses are particularly good for hips. I can send you a list. Have you ever made rose hip jelly. It tastes pretty good, but smells heavenly and is a beautiful color.
My hybrid musks set thousand upon thousands of small blooms in enormous clusters on long arching canes. I do not deadhead after the last bloom and each of those tiny blooms becomes a tiny red hip. I cut them to use indoors during the winter. They last for weeks and weeks in a vase of water. Add them to some evergreen cuttings and a few rosemary sprigs—lovely to look at, lovely to smell.
I do plan on adding and tilling in my compost pile to this soil in a day or two. It is a nice soil not to much clay until I get down about a foot then I have a red clay. Do you have any idea which way the compost will alter the pH?
PH sounds good. What your compost is made of/what you added to it would determine how much it alters your ph.
You can get inexpensive ph testers—like a pool tester—from most garden centers or maybe your Extension agent.
Best bet is to send soil samples to your state college. It will take awhile this time of year but the results will tell you exactly how much lime/fert/etc you need.
How’s your weather? LOL Snow last night, didn’t get above freezing today or Sun, sposed to be 70 this weekend. Shaking head.
We had about a 1/2 inch of snow a couple of days ago. Melted in a few hours. The dogs loved it.
Will be 65 tomorrow with highs in mid 70s for the next 7 days. Lows in the mid 40s and 50s.
I am ready for my garden to get started ... :)
We need the Weekly Garden thread to crank back up.
Compost sounds good. Might want to watch your nitrogen. IIRC, grass clippings retain alot. Could be wrong! LOL
Looks beautiful here today—til you open the door. Cold, but warmer than yest. Sposed to get above freezing today. Damn globull warming!
We’re ready to garden too. Hubby and FIL got the garden plowed up and FIL already planted his potatoes. Hoping we can get the vidalias and cabbage,etc in this weekend. Greenhouse is rockin! Almost full—I have to get the cold stuff out so I can fill it with maters and peppers!
Sorry about the gardening thread. Dropped the ball on that one. :( Too much going on. Lucky I get to check my pings every once in awhile.
Another interesting one -- not seeds, but trees, shrubs, rootstocks -- is One Green World.
VERY good!
thank you also!
I’m from the government and I am here to ____________ you.
Forget about thinking -- is "reading the article" outlawed?
I think the author -- a farmer -- probably knows a lot more about where food comes from than you do.
His point is a valid one: American family farms are generally operating at a loss, and stand to go out of business. He believes that this is a serious problem -- and I tend to agree, for a variety of reasons.
Just because the author is an alleged farmer doesn’t mean he’s knowledgeable - he implied the govt is in control of our food supply - or so I surmised without having read the article - the whole concept is really foolish.
Ah, so.
Perhaps now that you've presumably read the article, you have a more informed opinion?
The author of the article is advocating government control of our food supplies... Or so I surmised without having read the article. I must apologize, I am not interested in the subject except to say that I hate government control of any industry.
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